| 串 | kushi tsuranuku | string; relatives; conspire |
| 丳 | kushi | spit, grill; a skewer |
| 奇 | kushi mezurashii ayashii | strange, unusual, uncanny, occult |
| 枇 | saji kushi naraberu | loquat |
| 竒 | kushi mezurashii ayashii | strange, unusual, uncanny, occult |
| 櫛 | kushi kushikezuru | comb out; weed out, eliminate |